Where does “ih” come from?

ih (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

ih (Old English): I

Definitions

  1. I

Ancestry of “ih”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West GermanicikI
2Proto-Germanic*ek—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ek →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ik →